admiration

69. Seeing that August [-]th was approaching, the eldest prince's party was in a state of anxiety, but at this moment, General Dingyuan Nie Cheng suddenly contracted a chronic illness, and the medicine failed, leaving them completely in disarray.

Zhu Qiming's biggest reliance is Nie Cheng. Even if Mo Yichi really takes over in the future, because he is afraid of Nie Cheng, he will not dare to do anything casually. As long as his life is still alive, everything still has a chance.

But when the court ministers saw Zhu Qiming's eyes full of despair and worry, they couldn't help feeling flustered, and they didn't dare to go forward to ask, so they could only bear to watch Emperor Hongzhi's reaction.

The minister was seriously ill, and Emperor Hongzhi sent several imperial physicians, but none of them worked. He also had a sad face this morning, and told Zhu Qiming to move around more.

Naturally, Zhu Qiming would not refuse. He glanced at Emperor Hongzhi a few times, but hesitated to speak.

"Speak directly." It was rare for Emperor Hongzhi to pretend to be embarrassing to Zhu Qiming.

Zhu Qiming wiped his face, and said: "When I went to visit yesterday, General Dingyuan was unconscious, and he was chanting his mother's concubine's baby name. My son dared to invite my concubine to come out of the palace to visit."

"Alright, Nie Qing has always cared about Qing'er, so it's right to go and have a look." Emperor Hongzhi did not doubt that he was there, and after a few instructions, he talked about the handover of military power in Nie Cheng's hands.

I don't know if Nie Cheng can recover, and this is also a good opportunity to take back the military power, so Emperor Hongzhi will naturally take the opportunity to mention it.

The eldest prince's party was clever, and came out and said: "Your Majesty, the general is unconscious now. Is it inappropriate to suddenly withdraw the military power? Let's discuss it after the general wakes up."

"What's wrong?" Emperor Hongzhi asked calmly.

"General Nie has stabilized the world and terrorized the small frontier countries for many years. Even though he has lived in Beijing for a long time, his reputation is still there. If he suddenly withdraws his military power, those small countries will inevitably look down on him. If he invades, the consequences will be disastrous."

This person is right, the emperor lives in the temple, sometimes he is more prestigious than the soldiers who can't go out to fight, even the enemy country only knows Nie Yuan but not King Min.

Emperor Hongzhi's expression was not very good, he gritted his teeth and said, "Then what's Aiqing's opinion?"

"I think that we can first select talents and train them. If something happens to General Nie, he will not be in a hurry to withdraw the military power and hand it over to that person."

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but look sideways, he didn't expect the Great Prince's Party to have such a talent, and he spoke so eloquently that it was impossible to refute.

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a moment, nodded in praise and said: "This method is good, then Shen Qing and Wang Qing, I will leave this matter to you two."

"Yes, the minister leads the order."

Both of these two were Emperor Hongzhi's confidantes, and Emperor Hongzhi was extremely relieved when the military power was handed over to them.On the contrary, Zhu Qiming stared at the speaker for no reason, and he panicked immediately, lowered his eyes and stopped speaking.

After the matter of military power was properly arranged, the Minister of Rites, who had been silent all this time, suddenly came out and said, "Your Majesty, there are still ten days until the canonization ceremony. Many local officials have come one after another, and the residence arrangements have been made properly. People are often stolen, and I want to ask the imperial army to arrange some people to go there, so as to ensure the safety of the officials."

"Is there no one to take care of you before this?" Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

The Minister of Rites said: "Yes, there were few people before, but it didn't matter. Now there are more officials and fewer guards, and the ministers are afraid of mistakes."

"Then send more people over there. You go down to court and borrow someone from the commander of the imperial army, and you don't have to go back to me."

"Yes."

After being mentioned by the Ministry of Rites, Emperor Hongzhi remembered that Mo Yanchi hadn't entered the palace for a long time, and suddenly felt lonely. He couldn't help but look at Mo Yanchi a few more times. Emperor Hongzhi couldn't see him caring.

The officer behind noticed it, and quietly poked Mo Yichi's back with his hand, reminding him in a low voice.Mo Yanchi raised his hand in doubt, facing Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi took advantage of the situation and asked, "The prince has something to say?"

"..."

Mo Yichi met Emperor Hongzhi's eyes, and after a long while, he said: "My son recently heard that there is a resettlement site for refugees in the suburbs of Beijing. Recently, a few people have been inexplicably missing. I heard that ghosts are causing trouble, and people are panicking. Do you want to investigate? "

"You are already the crown prince, you can decide these things yourself. I will come over later, I have something to explain to you."

Mo Yanchi dared not resist the decree, and responded in court.

The ministers couldn't see that the two were playing charades and were confused, but the insider Xiao Zhijin hid behind and secretly smiled, what an awkward father and son.

After the court, Mo Yanchi thought to dawdle for a while before going over, but before Emperor Hongzhi left, he glanced at him, stood there motionless, obviously waiting for him, Mo Yanchi pouted his lips, and followed.

After walking out of the hall, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but said angrily: "You don't want to see me so much, you don't even enter the palace to thank you after receiving the imperial decree, are you waiting for the ministers to impeach you?"

Mo Yanchi cupped his hands, and said indifferently: "I dare not."

Emperor Hongzhi raised his head to greet him, and the accompanying maids and eunuchs knelt down in fright.Eunuch Li was savvy and waved his hands to let them leave with him, just watching from afar.

"Is there anything else you don't dare to do? You are much more courageous than I imagined." The anger that Emperor Hongzhi had finally suppressed was aroused again, especially when he saw this face that was exactly the same as the former empress. I can't wait to beat him to death.

Mo Yanchi knew that he was wrong, so he simply succumbed and said: "Father, I already know my mistake, I am afraid that you will beat me, so I dare not enter the palace."

Emperor Hongzhi half-believed and questioned: "Is it because I'm angry that I didn't help you, and you don't want to see me?"

"Of course not. For so many years, I have always remembered my father's love for me." Mo Yanchi said cleverly, and the moment he raised his eyes, there was a smile like the beauty in the painting.

The anger of a generation of kings subsided in an instant. He patted Mo Yichi on the head and said comfortingly: "This is my good son, and it is not in vain for me to pass on the crown prince to you."

Emperor Hongzhi finally smiled. Eunuch Li watched from afar, heaved a sigh of relief, and beckoned the palace servants to go up, followed quietly.

The father and son did not have any grievances every day, and when the knot in their hearts was resolved, Mo Yanchi felt much more at ease. When he accompanied Emperor Hongzhi to the imperial study, he asked, "Father, is there anything to eat inside? I left in a hurry this morning. It's time to eat."

Emperor Hongzhi glared at him, ordered Eunuch Li to get some food, and said dissatisfiedly: "Now that you have become a prince, don't be so lazy anymore. After the canonization ceremony, you will handle the court affairs with me."

Mo Yanchi was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking, and did not answer Emperor Hongzhi's words for a while.

Emperor Hongzhi was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, my son obeys the order."

Mo Yanchi looked up at the plaque above the Imperial Study Room, thinking that the palace servants would wipe it every day, and there was not even a speck of dust on such a high place.The imperial palace is everyone's dream, but actually living in it is like a prison, so trapped that people are tied up.

"Father..." Mo Yanchi stopped Emperor Hongzhi, "Why does everyone want to get this world?"

Emperor Hongzhi was stopped by his question, thought for a long time, and said, "What do you think?"

"My son doesn't know. Over the past ten years, my son didn't even know what the imperial palace looked like."

"Hahaha...you are honest. I also thought about this question when I was young. At that time, I thought that as long as I sat on the throne, no one would dare to bully me, and I could do whatever I wanted, but it was not the case. , may fail at any time, let alone do as one pleases."

Mo Yanchi was even more confused: "If that's the case, why are you still so obsessed with the throne?"

Emperor Hongzhi slowly raised his hand, and just when Mo Yanchi was puzzled, he slapped him on the head again, and said, "Should I hand over the mountains and rivers that I have worked so hard to conquer? Nizi!"

"...My son is just talking nonsense, father calm down." Mo Yanchi covered his head, quite aggrieved.

Eunuch Li, who was going to get refreshments, heard the conversation between the two and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Your Highness is still young, and still needs His Majesty's teaching."

Emperor Hongzhi snorted coldly, flung his sleeves and entered the imperial study room, Mo Yanchi smiled at Eunuch Li, and followed closely behind.

Mo Yanchi stayed in the palace all day, which made Xiao Zhijin heave a sigh of relief, and came back before that time, presumably the two had reconciled.

He fiddled with the chess pieces in his hand, he didn't know what he was thinking, he was so engrossed, he forgot the time all of a sudden, and he didn't even notice that someone came in.

Suddenly his eyes went dark, and the person behind him deliberately lowered his voice and asked, "Who am I?"

"Reconcile with His Majesty?" Xiao Zhijin put the chess piece back into the chess box in the dark, and brought the person behind him over.

Mo Yanchi was in a good mood, let him knead, and said: "Well, Father asked me to learn to deal with things first, and follow him after the canonization ceremony."

"That's good, I thought you were going to come back in a huff." Xiao Zhijin joked.

Mo Yichi was beaten twice by Emperor Hongzhi today, and his head was still aching, so he didn't argue with Xiao Zhijin, and leaned lazily on his body, fiddling with the pieces on the chessboard with his fingertips.

Xiao Zhijin set up a dead end with great difficulty, but Mo Yanchi interrupted it with a single finger, so he didn't make a fuss, held the hand that made trouble, and asked, "What's the matter, have you been scolded?"

"No, I was beaten, and my head still hurts now." Mo Yanchi complained, "Father probably forgot that he has martial arts, and it doesn't matter how serious he is."

Xiao Zhijin hugged him in his arms, and gently stroked his head, "It's not a loss to suffer these two blows, don't be angry with His Majesty right now."

"I know, as soon as I entered the imperial study, I kowtowed to him and admitted my mistake. I almost didn't shed tears. Is Brother Jin still satisfied?"

"I'm very satisfied." Xiao Zhijin praised, and with a little force on the hands pressing his head, they kissed together.

Mo Yanchi was caught off guard by being blocked, and before he could react, something got into his mouth, lingering on the tip of his tongue, and immediately made him fall.

He hugged Xiao Zhijin's waist, and responded desperately. Suddenly, there was a coldness on his chest, which pulled him back to his reason. He grabbed that hand and separated from Xiao Zhijin, "Didn't you just rub my head? How did you get here?" here?"

Xiao Zhijin leaned over again in a serious manner, and said with a smile: "The hand is slippery, the palm and the back of the hand are all fleshy, it's the same everywhere you rub."

Mo Yanchi took advantage of the situation and lightly slapped Xiao Zhijin across the face, with a half-smile, "I didn't expect Master Xiao to be such a person, this king misjudged you."

Speaking of getting up, without giving Xiao Zhi a chance to go back, he ran out of the room and disappeared in a blink of an eye.